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SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE (1985-Present)
Parent Field:  INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (1922-Present)
Sub Fields: Central Chiapas Conference (1989-2005)
Mayab Conference (2000-2005)
North Chiapas Conference (1992-2005)
Soconusco Conference (1999-2005)
Tabasco Conference (1992-2005)
Upper Chiapas Mission (2005-2005)
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Entry:  		 South Mexican Union Conference

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
Central Chiapas Conference 150 49,621 3,817 126 1,643 38,735 42
Mayab Conference 155 40,238 3,380 51 399 43,154 37
North Chiapas Conference 186 64,405 4,082 144 2,390 49,827 37
Soconusco Conference 153 59,167 3,594 195 3,913 49,143 39
Tabasco Conference 146 34,073 3,036 81 1,432 35,547 34
Upper Chiapas Mission 51 0 686 6 56 28,136 20
SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE 841 247,504 18,595 603 9,833 244,542 225
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
Central Chiapas Conference 7.69% 0.25% 3.31% 13.00 258.23 3.57 922.26
Mayab Conference 8.40% 0.13% 0.99% 11.90 278.41 4.19 1,166.32
North Chiapas Conference 6.34% 0.22% 3.71% 15.78 267.89 5.03 1,346.68
Soconusco Conference 6.07% 0.33% 6.61% 16.46 321.20 3.92 1,260.08
Tabasco Conference 8.91% 0.24% 4.20% 11.22 243.47 4.29 1,045.50
Upper Chiapas Mission 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00 551.69 2.55 1,406.80
SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE 7.51% 0.24% 3.97% 13.31 290.78 3.74 1,086.85

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Field   1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  
Churches  946  996  1,032  1,098  1,148  1,236  600  640  697  780  841
Companies      3,806  3,773  3,593  3,460  2,038  2,147  2,231  2,349  2,545
Beginning
Membership		  315,874  312,272  327,774  342,333  362,014  386,198  394,564  232,901  241,137  245,051  247,504
Baptisms  31,285  31,508  36,064  35,261  36,071  32,366  21,106  17,119  14,177  16,118  18,485
Professions
of Faith		        416  418  427  270  206  244  131  110
Transfers In  477  301  1,607  1,937  401  656  304  416  195  171  27,701
Transfers Out  1,034  1,660  960  1,402  405  585  168,477  362  190  342  29,080
Deaths  1,788  721  1,262  915  796  1,147  772  476  614  619  603
Dropped  32,542  13,926  20,819  12,119  11,689  20,485  11,745  6,490  8,386  9,406  8,025
Missing        4,796  1,503  2,866  2,688  1,619  1,751  3,600  1,808
Total Gains  31,762  31,809  37,671  37,614  36,890  33,449  21,680  17,741  14,616  16,420  46,296
Total Losses  35,364  16,307  23,041  19,232  14,393  25,083  183,682  8,947  10,941  13,967  39,516
Adjustment      -71  1,299  1,687  0  339  -558  239  0  -9,742
Net Growth  -3,602  15,502  14,559  19,681  24,184  8,366  -161,663  8,236  3,914  2,453  -2,962
Ending
Membership		  312,272  327,774  342,333  362,014  386,198  394,564  232,901  241,137  245,051  247,504  244,542
Growth Rate  -1.14%  4.96%  4.44%  5.75%  6.68%  2.17%  -40.97%  3.54%  1.62%  1.00%  -1.20%
Accession Rate  9.90%  10.09%  11.00%  10.42%  10.08%  8.49%  5.42%  7.44%  5.98%  6.63%  7.51%
Death Rate  0.57%  0.23%  0.39%  0.27%  0.22%  0.30%  0.20%  0.20%  0.25%  0.25%  0.24%
Ordained
Ministers		  139  163  169  177  195  211  118  132  139  142  135
Licensed
Ministers		  168  150  153  164  161  151  87  78  92  86  90

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